How To Ground an Outdoor TV Antenna Per NEC

This video is for informational purposes only. Please do not attempt to set up or ground an antenna if you do not have the skill to do so. Consult with an electrician to ensure you are properly grounding your antenna with how your house is set up. You can order the appropriate parts at the affiliate link below. www.amazon.com/shop/antennaman?listId=1ZFIHBQLCQ88…

I have been considering "cutting the cable" for a few years now, and the price just keeps going up. When I got my latest bill I complained to my wife again and she replied "IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, JUST DO IT!" So I cancelled our service and replaced the coax going to the old roof top antenna. I feel like I've watched dozen of your helpful videos Tyler, and I must say you are one of the contributing factors to my decision. We have been retired for a couple of years and the additional $160 bucks in our pockets each month will certainly help buy the groceries. Thanks Tyler, and keep up the great informational videos!

His practices are well grounded.

I like the fact, that when Tyler delivers the information to us, he is solid & "Grounded".

thank you for informing the public on grounding for these antennas. I work for a major tv and internet company and can attest that this is the appropriate way to install grounding. It is important and I have done so on my own tv antenna setup. It makes it easier to ground the antenna when you have a shortcut by way of the grounding on the DSL copper telephone wires running into your house.

An excellent video on grounding an antenna.

I am glad I found this video to help me with my antenna

Thanks Tyler. I just ordered one of the antennas you recommended in the email. Reviewed this video to be sure its similar/same as I do for gas piping. Great stuff, as usual.

Very good information, specially the 'star' grounding scheme to avoid induction loops

S.W. Florida lightning has entered the chat.🤣 Enjoy watching all you're informative videos , thanks..

Looks like I've got my mast and coax grounded correctly. Thanks!

All Users, the main Content of the video starts from 2:10. Thanks, Content provider, Coaxial grounding block was new to me that I learnt. Thank you.

Before I retired I worked as an electronic tech where we had lots of facilities where most had antennas attached, in some cases multiple antennas. When the equipment was vacuum tube equipment failures due to lightning strikes were rare, but when the new solid state equipment was installed lightning strike failure was common. The facility antennas rarely took a direct hit, but close was all it took to damage the equipment. After good lightning protection was installed, those failures all but disappeared. Nothing will save your equipment from a direct strike but those near misses can be avoided.

Tyler, you are answering the worlds most perplexing antenna questions ..... keep up your excellent work!!

I work in the telecom industry and you always want to ground anything (that requires a ground) to the power company's electrical ground... they will have a ground rod in the ground below your electrical meter, ground to that ground rod if at all possible. Running your own ground rod (say, on the other side of the house from your power meter) and grounding an antenna or other device to that is a fire hazard because it creates a difference in potential between your ground rod and the electrical company's ground. It could literally burn your house down if you got a direct lightning strike. Also, it doesn't matter if your power gets shut off (like he commented in the video), the power company ground will still be in place so everything continues to be grounded. When they cut off power, the just pull out the meter, put plastic blockers over the contacts inside and put the meter back in... it has nothing to do with grounding. Excellent videos though Tyler... I have watched many and you are a big help!

Now I helped a friend of mine with his indoor antenna he had it setting on top of the old CRT TUBE TV I moved it to the window rescan he got way more channels. He was in a good area too where most signals was still strong! 💪

I wasn't thinking about antenna strikes, but since I live in a state with THE highest numbers for lightening strikes, I will look harder at the antenna a previous owner erected. I already turn off my tv during lightening storms, in case of an electrical surge. I always figured that properly grounding the antenna would result in optimum signal "grab". Thanks for the added precautions.

Nice information. When I installed my antenna I tried it in the attic first as that is MUCH easier to access. Results were impressive, I got all the broadcast stations I expected, so that's where it is to this day. I'm only about 40 miles away from the broadcast towers in my area, those towers are on a hillside, and its a 'straight shot' view to them. Additionally my roof and roof framing are asphalt shingles and wood, no metal film-backed insulation, no fan motors or other stuff in the attic in the vicinity of the antenna, and I was able to mount the antenna away from HVAC ductwork. I did do an after-install of an LTE filter to get rid of a bit of cellphone interference, but other than that its simple and effective.

Hey thanks for the great advise. Found a new winegard 7694 .. Going up on the chimney tomorrow .

It is strongly recommended to use a surge protected grounded block for your coaxial cable ground, such as the famous Tii 215. This in theory will self sacrifice itself rather than allow the lightning or other surge to hit your equipment indoors.